Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188
$303.46
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$733.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$62.26 with Banner University Health Plan vs $577.94 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $62.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan | $72.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $146.60 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $168.64 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $186.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $219.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $246.29 | ↓ -19% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $256.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $293.20 | ↓ -3% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $329.85 | ↑ +9% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $329.85 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $338.65 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $359.90 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $366.50 | ↑ +21% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $366.50 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $386.29 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $395.82 | ↑ +30% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $395.82 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $422.94 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $433.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $433.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $462.36 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $481.58 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $485.47 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $503.57 | ↑ +66% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $513.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $549.75 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $577.94 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $577.94 | ↑ +90% |
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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $139.73 | $79.52 – $568.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $255.82 | $62.26 – $549.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $108.48 | $62.26 – $586.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $200.11 | $62.26 – $549.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $252.88 | $62.26 – $586.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $318.12 | $62.26 – $549.75 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $307.86 | $62.26 – $549.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $291.73 | $62.26 – $549.75 |